He is in and out of trouble it seems, and court dates are well into the future, skip bail, move, after a while these guys get good at their lifestyle, working cons that are cash in nature or minor or they know they can get away with little evidence. I suppose eventually he will con the wrong person and be knee-capped.
Man I am beginning to feel sorry for the Pink Panther Ian ... how about one of these, or are they too close to home :
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This guy called himself Jim when I dealt with him. He seemed like a nice guy at the time just a bit dopy. He had a sidekick with a trailer who was going to help with the delivery who told me his name, and later in the meeting suddenly he was using a different name. When he wrote down his cell # it said Joe, so thats what I called him. There was a woman in her late 40's there too...Joes girlfriend. They were all in the garage.
Anyway, the thing that pissed me off is that I knew very little about pins at the time. The EM machine I bought would not reset the score when starting a new game after I started it up at home. I called and left him messages asking about this as he presented himself as somewhat of an expert (said he had a university education in electrical, said he burned EPROM's, etc) However he never ever returned a call and eventually I found a "reset" solenoid in the cabinet and after a push all was well.
Anyway he showed me that the old Gottlieb had a manual with it when I was at his house. I hadnt realized at the time but Gottlieb had just placed an injunction of free distribution of their manuals, so this thing was definitely valuable to me. A few days later he and his buddy show up to deliver the 2 machines I bought and there's no manual. No problem he says, since I go to Hamilton regularly I can swing by or he can mail it to me. Never happened despite several polite calls and voice mails.
Just to make it worse, I gave this guy a bunch of stuff I had in the garage that we moved out in order to finish the basement. NOT garbage...furniture, a 300W Yamaha amp, etc...a whole pickup truck worth. Garage sale stuff.
What a worm. Criminal? I dont know about that...but definitely I can say he probably sells to people that are not knowledgeable in pins...and once the sale is done he must figure he screwed you cuz he wants no further contact no matter how well you treated him. That is a sign of someone who has made some enemies in the past, in my opinion. Its just so funny that he is now ther Kaizer Sose of pins!!!!!
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wbradley - that's classic Mark Uttley all right. He "fudges" with the locals and out right scams / rips off the out of towners because the latter have little recourse with their own local police force. A common thread here is that there are different "wives", often someone he is also scamming at the time, and a partner, and all are apparently dopeheads.
Mark Uttley and Ivo Jebsen are the reason I've decided to apply to the local police force. Not to guarantee that any recourse will come of it, but being a victim of these scammers has certainly made me want to help and educate others about it.
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But i would say someone should really pay him a visit.
He screwed many people , we got proof
he runs a business , we got his address , name .....
I think the next would be , for all the guys that been ripped off go to his place pay him a visit , see what it does .
The guy will strike again & again & again
He's not the only one like this tho i met someone that is near his type not long ago but has less history , let say he keeps it low profile , Thanks for kijiji i guess
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Oh, WHATever. Like hell anyone's gonna go and bang on the dude's door and beat the crap out of him. Nobody's going to jail over that guy. I seriously doubt anyone would have the cojones to do anything like that. Shying away from conflict is human nature.
i don't mean to hit the guy who would be that dumb ,
but maybe have a little talk with the guy wouldn't hurt.
the worst part... is that he offers transportation , & pickup.... this is the part i don't get
How would someone ready to scam you , ask you to come to his place , so you can see who he is where he lives ect.... it's kinda stupid if you ask me , but then again pro's are pro's for a reason they been doing it for years!
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